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1916 Eater Rising ( ( The IRB were impressed with James Connolly 's…

1916 Eater Rising

The IRB were impressed with James Connolly 's organisation of this army they new he was willing to become involved in a rebellion, so in 1915 they invited him to join with them and to become one of the main leaders in organising the rising

The IRB needed military support from the Irish Volunteers if they wanted the Rising to succeed. However, they knew that Eoin MacNeill, the leader of the Irish Volunteers, would not want to use force to secure independence for Ireland.

The Irish party was led by John Redmond . its main aim was to persuade the British government to grant Home Rule for Ireland ,

Key members of the IRB formed a Military Council they were Padraig Pearse, Tom Clarke, Joseph Plunkett, Eamonn Ceannt, Sean Mac Diarmada. James Connoly joined the council in 1915.

Sinn fein was founded by Arthur Griffith in 1905 .he was in favour of the use of non -violent methods to achieve his aims

Members of the IRB began to join groups such as the GAA the Gaelic league and sinn fein . They hoped that by becoming friendly with members of these organisations, they could persuade the members to change from using only peaceful methods to more violent methods.

The Irish party was working with the British Parliament to have a home rule bill pass. In 1913 they succeed in having this bill passed in the parliament.

But they would have to wait another year befor it became law

Unionists in Ulster !who were firmly opposed to home rule, decided they would organise a new group called Ulster volunteer force

This group was prepared to use force to prevent Home Rule being introduced in Ireland. More than 10000 men joined the UVF .

When people in the south of Ireland became aware of how many people were joining the UVF they were alarmed and decided to set up a similar group called the Irish Volunteers.

Eoin Mac Neill was the leader of the group. He hoped that Home Rule would be introduced in Ireland without any fighting and wanted to avoid civil war between the UVF and Irish Volunteers.

In 1913 there was a long and bitter strike in Dublin . Employers wanted workers to trade union . If workers refused they would be locked out of the factory s in which they worked

The first disaster involved The Aud, . The boat arrived 3 days early and was captured by British ships and sunk . This meant that the military council had a serious shortage of gun,s and ammunition for use in the rising .

The Easter Rising took place in Dublin on Easter Monday 1916. People involved in the Rising shared the same belief, that Ireland should be an independent country, free from British rule.

The Irish Republican Brotherhood (IRB) was an organisation set up to free Ireland from British rule. They believed it was acceptable to use physical force and as a result of this they were a secret society.

The second disaster involved Eoin MacNeill . He found out that the letter was forged and he placed a notice in the Sunday Independent cancelling the meeting of the Irish volunteers which had been arranged for Easter Sunday .This meant that the Military Council now had a serious shortage of soldiers

In 1914 world war 1 began Britain had to withdraw most of there troops from Ireland and concentrate on the war with the central power s Germanyq Austria Hungary and turkey.

Many people in Ireland believed this was the perfect chance to stage a rising and win full freedom for Ireland there motto was: Britain s difficulty is Ireland s opportunity

26.Because of the 2 devastating blows to their plans the Military Council changed the date of the Rising from Easter Sunday to Easter Monday as this was a bank holiday and many British soldiers would be off duty

They secretly decided that Easter 1916 would be their date for staging the rising. Redmond encouraged members of the Irish volunteers to join the British army and fight with them against the central powers.

When MacNeill saw this letter ,he was furious with the British Government. He ordered the Volunteers to be ready to fight if they were arrested or attacked by the British army.

James Connolly formed in the Irish citizen army to protect workers who were being attacked

American supporters, who wished Ireland independence, sent money to the IRB. The IRB decided to use this money to buy arms for the Rising.

One of their supporters, Roger Casement, was sent to Germany to buy arms. the Germans sent a boat, The Aud, carrying a shipload of guns and ammunition to Ireland.

The IRB decided to trick him into supporting the Rising. Joseph Plunkett forged a letter saying that the British Government wanted to make the Irish Volunteers an illegal organisation and that its leaders were to be arrested. This letter became known as the 'Castle Document'.

At noon Easter Monday, about 250 members of the Irish Citizen Army, led by James Connolly and approximately 1000 members of the Irish Volunteers, marched to a number of important buildings in Dublin City Centre including Dublin Castle, Boland's Mills, Jacob's Biscuit Factory, the Four Courts and the GPO. The Irish volunteers joined the Rising against the wishes and orders of Eoin MacNeill.

28.many of important members of the military council of the IRBwere stationed In the GPO pádraig Pearce read out the famous proclaimtion of the Irish republic on the steps of the GPO

30.People were shocked and angered by the Rising . They blamed the rebels for the destruction of many beautiful buildings in Dublin . As the rebels were led away to prison people threw stones bricks and rotten veg at them.

29..as Easter week continued more British troops arrived from other parts of Ireland and from Britain.the British had superior weapons and many more soldiers.by the end of Easter week ,many of the rebels were dead or injured and most of the captured building s were severely damaged by bombs the GPO was in flames and o'connells street was destroyed. Pádraig Pearce was horrified by the death and distruction .he decided to surrender . The rising was over after 5 days

31.However, people changed their minds over the next few days when 15 of the rebels were executed. They now felt sorry for the rebels and angry at the British. Irish people now wanted full freedom from Britain.